to: enable excise to be charged on the higher of the labelled alcohol content or the actual alcohol content of alcoholic beverages; and allow the Commission of Taxation to determine rules for working out the percentage by volume of alcohol in beverages; and

to: clarify the definition of “registered provider”; clarify to whom refunds of student monies should be paid in the case of student default; provide greater flexibility to impose sanctions in cases of non-compliance, including the ability to impose lesser sanctions; and correct technical anomalies.

Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision Bill 2002, the bill provides for the transfer of assets and liabilities associated with the egg sub-programme of the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation to the newly created Australian Egg Corporation Limited. Also makes consequential amendments to the

Introduced with the Egg Industry Service Provision (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2002, the bill establishes Australian Egg Corporation Limited (AECL) which will be limited by guarantee under the

Corporations Act 2001

and will be responsible for providing industry services to the egg industry, including generic promotion and research and development functions.

to: allow the water component of emulsified diesel/water fuel blends produced by licensed excise manufacturers to be free of excise duty; exempt certain goods from the Product Stewardship Oil levy; amend rates of excise duty for low alcohol beer; and remove indexation provisions for those goods subject to the Product Stewardship Oil levy. Also contains application and transitional provisions.